Castro Urdiales, Spain

Castro Urdiales, Spain

Castro Urdiales Spain

is located in the easternmost coast of Cantabria , surrounded by spectacular scenery full of steep cliffs and beautiful beaches . Although it has prehistoric remains of great interest, the city boasts a rich mainly two thousand year history linked to the Roman Empire , where today it is Castro was the colony of Flavióbriga. Fishing, whaling and trading port, the fishing village of Castro has reached our days as one of the most dynamic cities in Cantabria. The sea may have less weight today than before Castro's economy, but it is certainly the sailor air the most characteristic of the city. In its streets, especially near its port, it is still possible to breathe this fishing atmosphere and taste many of its gastronomic specialties, obtained all of the sea. In the course of this town, an important enclave summer since the late nineteenth century, you can enjoy modern infrastructures that combine perfectly with the flair of the old city and its old Puebla, with its beautiful walks, arcades filled with typical bars and buildings of interest, which rise as stately sentinels of the town. Castro Urdiales is the largest Gothic church in the region, the Church of Santa Maria , dating from the thirteenth century and has all the design features of classic Gothic . Inside, it houses magnificent carvings of the thirteenth century to the seventeenth century, an outstanding collection of works of jewelry from the late Gothic and even a picture of Christ crucified Zurbarán . At the end of the promontory and next to the church, stands the medieval castle , massive fortress overlooking the sea access, converted lighthouse . The castle holds the lantern lit for the first time in 1853, and since then is operating as a lighthouse. In front of him and joined by the so - called medieval bridge , you are the hermitage of Santa Ana , constituting all of them the last remnants of a larger group that had to be modified by the construction of breakwaters. Around the harbor basin, the Gothic church of Santa Maria and the lighthouse on the castle are the most significant attractions of this seaside town, common meeting area visitors and locals. Within its civil heritage also it highlights the building that houses the town hall as well as a set of modernist buildings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that constitute the urban area declared a Historical Site in 1978.
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Recommended airport
Bilbao (BIO)
Nearby destinations
  • Bilbao a 26.93 km
  • Bizkaia a 22.87 km
  • Cantabria a 49.88 km
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